Construction Management

Skills

This course has a strong vocational focus – meaning you learn by doing and in a way that reflects how you will operate in the real world.

Construction Managers oversee construction projects from start to finish, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to specified quality standards. Their key responsibilities include project planning, coordination of contractors, budget management, scheduling, quality control, and ensuring safety protocols. They serve as the main point of contact between clients, architects, engineers, and construction site operatives.

Throughout your degree, you will benefit from engagement with and teaching by industry professionals. This firsthand industry exposure will bring to life what you learn and help prepare you for the world of work.

Learning

Our dynamic approach to learning will prepare you for the real-world of Construction Management.

• Learn alongside other sustainable engineering and technology students just like you will as a professional.
• Project-based learning will give you the practical experience of working in Construction Management.
• Formal and interactive lectures and workshops to ensure you graduate with the technical expertise you need.

Sustainability is central to Construction Management and will be embedded in everything you learn, with a particular emphasis on good health and well-being, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, and sustainable cities, and communities.

Assessment

You’ll be set authentic assessments, meaning that your projects, tasks and exercises will replicate the working world of Construction Management.

This could include:

• Technical reports
• Lab reports
• Essays and presentations

Between Years 2 and 3, you can also opt for a professional placement year, meaning you have the opportunity to apply for a placement and gain valuable real-world experience.

Career

There are many opportunities for you as a Construction Management graduate - in the built environment sector, internationally, nationally, and regionally.

There are opportunities in areas of construction and project management in many sectors of the construction and engineering industries, property and estates management, facilities management, building control, design management, design coordination, Design & Build coordination, Health & Safety management, planning, site engineering and surveying and building consultancy.